Nicolas Gitton Email & Phone Number

Saint-Paul De Vence

London, United Kingdom

ArtSnap is an ecommerce platform selling art online. - Successfully launched the platform in 2017. - Transitioned into a non-executive role in May 2018. - Sold the company to Now2Now Ltd in 2019.

London

#1 Online auction house. Raised $44m from leading VCs (Founder Collective, Mousse Partner) galleries (David Zwirner, Jay Jopling) and artists (Damien Hirst). • In charge of the Auction business unit in London. Responsible for P&L as well as supervision of 7 auctions specialists and 5 auction administrators. • Managed the integration of London’s Auctionata and Paddle8 teams during the merger of the two auction houses.

London, United Kingdom

• Onboarded 200+ art dealers, galleries, collectors, advisors from UK, France, Germany and Switzerland as sellers on Paddle8’s online platform. • Launched innovative initiatives and collaborations that brought new buyers and sellers on the platform, such as partnerships with charity auctions, auction houses, and online retailers.

London, United Kingdom

• Opened Paddle8 European office in London• Organized more than 50 benefit auctions on Paddle8 in collaboration with leading charities including the Beyeler Foundation, the Asia Art Archive, Parasol Unit, the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, the Prince's Trust, Palais de Tokyo, UNICEF, etc.

Greater New York City Area

Consultancy founded by Guggenheim Museum director Thomas Krens to advise governments and private individuals on the development and management of large scale ($300m+) museum projects, including the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Guggenheim Vilnius as well as non-Guggenheim projects.• Managed a team of 5 architects and curators • Worked on museum architecture development in collaboration with architects Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and Zhu Pei.• Worked on museum exhibition programming with leading curators (Germano Celant, Peter Noever) and artists (Cai Guo Qiang, Anselm Kiefer)• Projects in China (Beijing, Quanzhou, Changsha), Europe (Vienna, Istanbul), the Middle East (Guggenheim Abu Dhabi) and former Soviet Union (Russia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania).• Developed new business opportunities and supervised contracts negotiations. Directly responsible for the signing of two multi million-dollar consultancy agreements.• In charge of projects' P&Ls, monitored costs and profitability.• Prepared and made presentations to clients on project status, led project meetings with clients and local governmental agencies in charge of the project.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Worked on the organization of an exhibition of the Guggenheim post-war collection in Rome and on an analysis of the Guggenheim shop profitability.

Paris Area, France

Provided administrative support to the Deputy Director for Programming.

Greater New York City Area

Redcats is a catalogue and online retailer with 14,000 employees worldwide and $3.4bn in sales. Worked in the Internet Marketing team on budget, affiliates programs and paid and natural search optimization.

Paris Area, France

La Martiniere - Le Seuil is the 4th largest French publishing group. Worked closely with the CEO on expansion projects and new technologies: e-commerce, e-ink, e-book, Internet.

Master, Business (Specialization In Art Administration)

Activities and Societies: President of student's Art Society (Bureau des Arts)Consistently ranked #1 Business School in Europe.

Licence, Art History

Graduated Cum Laude

Preparatory Class, Scientific